To smooth out LLM output variance, the system runs N independent ranking calls concurrently (typically 5 passes) and calculates the target item's median rank across N samples, selecting the evaluation closest to the median as the canonical ranking and rationale.

flowchart TD
    D[Candidate Draft + Competitors] --> S1[Sample 1 Evaluation]
    D --> S2[Sample 2 Evaluation]
    D --> S3[Sample 3 Evaluation]
    D --> S4[Sample 4 Evaluation]
    D --> S5[Sample 5 Evaluation]
    S1 --> M[Calculate Median Target Rank]
    S2 --> M
    S3 --> M
    S4 --> M
    S5 --> M
    M --> C[Select Canonical Sample & Rationale]